Ballooning Cappadocia Goreme

Woke up early in the morning and went for ballooning. Each of us paid US$260 for the ballooning, which I think is a rip-off by our tour guides. If you go there yourself, I'm sure you can find much reasonable prices.

The ballooning is very cool and lasts about 50 minutes. After the ride in air, you'll be treated with light refreshment and …

The day started with the 4.30am bus pickup and ended 17 hours later in Istanbul. Well Russell actually went up in the balloon basket (Cheryl was so proud of him).The were 24 people in the basket which had divisions so no movement around made it very stable. 70 balloons up at once made a spectacular site for 1 hour with traditional champagne …

Blog attempt 2! Greetings family and friends, After spending ages typing out the last (first) blog entry I accidentally deleted the stupid thing! We have had a busy couple of days so it has been hard to find the time to catch up on things. So incase you didn’t get a chance to read it in the 5 minutes it was up for here’s a re-cap: …

Hoy nos pasan a buscar 4.55 pero me puse el despertador tipo 4.30am pero no se porque me dormi tipo 00.30 y me esperté a las 3am. Será el cansancio que traigo a cuestas. Me habia dormido luego de un dia de nevada y mal tiempo, con lo cual no se auguraba un clima favorable para el vuelo. Pero Ala akbarrrrrrr!!!!! Let the sunshine

Salimos …

... people who opted for the longer ride, so we had our balloon to ourselves (others had as many as 20 people).  Hot air ballooning is famous in this region because of the dramatic and unique landscape.  It was a little tense at the very beginning, ...

... in winter! 13th June - Goreme The alarm went off at 4.30am as we were due to be picked up at 5am for hot air ballooning over Goreme at sunrise. The tour leader, Kerry, knocked on our door to help wake us up as she was just getting in from her night out. ...

... but small towns and beaches, but tonight, under the guise of an ominous, bright yellow full moon, I was heading into the thick of Turkey's largest city, the sprawling metropolis and Ottoman hub of Istanbul. I was heading full pelt into the ...

... , flying was considered a miracle despite complete inability to control the vessel. After the invention of the airplane ballooning became a recreational activity. However, the captain can control the altitude by pumping compressed helium into the opening ...

... to land in Cairo at 1 am. We were not excited to arrive in a new city at such a late hour... Glums (Besides not Hot Air Ballooning!) and Glows Tom Glum: The guy who made us get off the bus to Goreme to try and sell us tour packages Glow: Being a cave ...

If you plan a trip to Turkey make sure you include a trip to Goreme in Cappadocia - it is an amazing area, full of the most incredible rock formations - a great area for hiking, biking, ballooning or just chilling out. Nuff said on that for now, photos ...

... the truck to escape it!We checked out Crac De Chevelair, an 800 year crusader castle, very cool! We then crossed into Turkey, staying in Goreme, Cappadocia. We were up at 5am on our first day to go hot air ballooning over the rock pinnacles that formed ...

... well. DAY 3: Friday morning we awoke to gray skies and rain, and were immediately thankful that we had done our ballooning the day prior. Mark and Cheryl, our previously mentioned Canadian friends we met in Cappadocia, met us bright and early ...

... got up and left for our hot air balloon ride at 5am.  Luckily I was really excited to be going on my first ballooning experience so the adrenaline was keeping me awake.  I really enjoyed the entire event, from watching them roll out the ...

... think I counted 22 including mine), testament to the title of the Ballooning Capitol of the World. It is important for hot air ballooning to take place either very early in the morning or late in the evening, due to the unfavorable conditions of thermals ...